diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index 8dd1785..5f99366 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -29,16 +29,9 @@ def runtests(*test_args):
     parent = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
     sys.path.insert(0, parent)
 
-    try:
-        from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
-        def run_tests(test_args, verbosity, interactive):
-            runner = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(
-                verbosity=verbosity, interactive=interactive, failfast=False)
-            return runner.run_tests(test_args)
-    except ImportError:
-        # for Django versions that don't have DjangoTestSuiteRunner
-        from django.test.simple import run_tests
-    failures = run_tests(test_args, verbosity=1, interactive=True)
+    from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
+    failures = DjangoTestSuiteRunner(
+        verbosity=1, interactive=True, failfast=False).run_tests(test_args)
     sys.exit(failures)